A Competition Press & Autoweek preview of the coming 1972 Trans-Am season, courtesy of Robert Barg.While '72 was a lean year with only one factory-backed racing team (AMC), the good news for first-genCamaro lovers is there were still a lot of these cars competing in Trans-Am at this time. This is the last year for the 305 cubic inch limit and the classic Trans-Am as we knew it.

Bryar was the second race of the 1972 Trans-Am season. This was the debut of Milt Minter in a Herb AdamsFirebird and he did well, finishing second to Follmer's Javelin. Coverage below is courtesy of Robert Barg.

Mid-Ohio was the third race of the 1972 Trans-Am season. I do not currently have a Competition Press & Autoweekissue which covers that event but will add that in when I come across it. In the meantime, I have included info frommy 1972 Mid-Ohio Trans-Am program as well as some other items which come courtesy of Robert Barg. Milt Minterwon this race in his Firebird following up his strong initial showing at Bryar, which was just one week earlier.

After a decent 12th place finish at Bryar, it all started to go downhill. At Mid-Ohio the throttle linkage broke and I was lucky to get back to the pits to have it repaired and was able to finish way down. I should have been scrapping it out for 12th or thereabouts.

Watkins Glen - I remember about 10 minutes before the start of the race thinking "what am I doing here"? It's about 100 degrees F, humid as hell, and the car is old and tired. It must have been an omen as to what was going to happen - near the end of the race I pulled off the track with "engine problems" - a sad ending for an old warrior that had served us well.

That was the end of the line for our "low-budget" gang. Al, the owner, was going to start a business. We could all see the writing on the wall for the series - new rules etc. coming in for 73.

Years later I met a Corvette racer who said to me - "you lucky S.O.B - you got to run with the Big Dogs!". I couldn't have said it any better.

Donnybrooke was the fifth race of the 1972 Trans-Am season. I do not currently have a Competition Press & Autoweekissue which covers this event but will add that in when I come across it. In the meantime, I have included a track map andofficial SCCA results from the race.

Road America was the sixth race of the 1972 Trans-Am season. I do not currently have a Competition Press & Autoweekissue which covers that event but will add that in when I come across it. In the meantime, I have included info from my 1972Road America Trans-Am program as well as the results sheets which come courtesy of Robert Barg. Warren Tope won thisrace after George Follmer blew the engine in his RWR Javelin.

Sanair was the seventh and final race of the 1972 Trans-Am season. The season ended far earlier than previous seasonswith Seattle, Riverside, Summit Point and Edmonton all canceling their race dates. The championship had been sewn up atby George Follmer at Donnybrooke. A sad way to end things up after some pretty good years. Coverage below is courtesyof Robert Barg.